{"nhtsa_id":10124590,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-12-05","date":"2013-08-22","document_id":"Update Bulletin","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"When making minor steering movements while driving in a straight line in Audi vehicles with electromechanical power steering manufactured within a specific period, the customer may occasionally perceive slight irregularities with the assistance provided by the power steering. This phenomenon mainly occurs when the temperature is around the freezing point. This is a comfort-related issue; therefore no warning symbol lights up. This Update is in effect until removed. Procedure is valid only for vehicles that show the 48K8 code in the ElsaWeb Campaign/Action Information screen on the day of repair. Vehicle must be within the New Vehicle Limited Warranty. Procedure must be performed within the allotted time frame stated in this Technical Service Bulletin. Procedure must be performed on applicable vehicles in dealer inventory prior to sale. When making minor steering movements while driving in a straight line in Audi vehicles with electromechanical power steering manufactured within a specific period, the customer may occasionally perceive slight irregularities with the assistance provided by the power steering. This phenomenon mainly occurs when the temperature is around the freezing point. This is a comfort-related issue; therefore no warning symbol lights up.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10124590-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10124590-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10124590","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"AUDI","model":"A4 ALLROAD","year_from":2013,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_audi_a4-allroad","2014_audi_a4-allroad"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"A4 AVANT","year_from":2012,"year_to":2012,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"A5","year_from":2012,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_audi_a5","2013_audi_a5","2014_audi_a5"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"A5 CABRIOLET","year_from":2012,"year_to":2014,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"A6","year_from":2012,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_audi_a6","2013_audi_a6","2014_audi_a6"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"A7","year_from":2012,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_audi_a7","2013_audi_a7","2014_audi_a7"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"Q5","year_from":2012,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_audi_q5","2013_audi_q5","2014_audi_q5"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.","attribution":[]}